Stacey's Tips: How to Achieve a Quick, Simple & Dramatic Smokey Eye!

Here are a few tips to create a simple, quick, intense smoky eye. Here are the steps you should follow:

Step 1:

Use a cream eyeliner pencil, Apply a line on your lash line as if you are applying eyeliner. The line can be as big or small as you like, keep in mind the bigger the line the better it is for you to work with.

Step 2:

Once the line has been applied take a medium size eyeshadow brush and apply upwards. You are placing the liner on your lids and above the crease. You can even create a cat eye, as well. If you want the cat eye, extend the product past the outer corner of your eye creating a wing. You can extend it as far as you like. If not, make sure you do ‘wing out’ the product.

Step 3:

Now that the product has been placed, take your crease brush and blend the product making sure you have covered the lid, crease and possibly the outer corner of the eye.

Step 4:

Next, take a powdered eyeshadow of the same colour as the Jumbo Pencil and apply the powder over top of the formula. This will keep your eye makeup in place. You can use this technique to with as many hues as you like. Meaning if you opt to use more than one colour of the cream eye liner on your lids than you would want to use more than one colour of powdered eyeshadow on your lids as well. Making sure the colours are matched. So, if you used black eyeliner, you will use black eyeshadow and so forth. If you would like to use more than one colour, swipe the pencil over the entire lash line, you decide how far you would like the line to go with the first product. Perhaps the line goes half way, take the second colour and continue with the line on the lash line all the way to the inner corner of the eye. Place and blend product as you normally as you would. Next, take your powdered eyeshadow, remember keeping the eyeshadow colours of the same colour as the eyeliners and place over top with an eyeshadow brush.

Step 5:

Take your crease brush aka blending brush and blend. This is important so your two colour don’t look like blocks on your lids, but instead look as if it goes from shade to another gradually, which is what you want.

Step 6:

Applying eye liner. If you decide to use black for your smokey eye than you don’t need to apply eyeliner as you already did. Unless you have decided to incorporate two or more colours, than you may want to eyeliner to where it needs to be applied. I don’t think you would want your eyes to be partially lined with eyeliner. If black was your only colour than you can skip this step as you have already applied the liner.

Step 7:

False Eyelashes. Always measure your falsies against your lashes without glue. This way, if the falsies are too long you can make adjustments by cutting off whatever needs to be removed so it fits perfectly. After you have measured the false lashes, apply glue. I prefer black glue so it blends nicely, it actually looks if you’ve applied eye liner. Otherwise white or clear glue works just as well. If you need to go back to blend everything, use your eyeliner to make touch ups. As long as you have applied a small amount of glue, you should be fine.

Step 8:

Applying mascara. To avoid clumpiness there are two steps. The first step is to remove any excess product onto a paper towel or tissue. Next, apply your mascara in a zig zag motion. Applying it in a zig zag motion not only prevents clumps it also gets right in and coats each and every lash. Apply at least two coats of mascara. If you need to add more mascara apply more.

Have you tried the steps to Achieve a Quick, Simple & Dramatic Smokey Eye? Please comment below. I would love to hear from you!

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